Job Description:
Regional Engagement, Product Success & Deployment Planning Lead
This role is a project-based transformation role and has a current expected end date of December 31, 2028. As we move closer to December 31, 2028, we will work with you to explore other opportunities for employment within the Mars family of companies. If a suitable alternative role is not available at that time, your employment will end.
Are you an experienced technology leader looking to drive one of the largest corporate transformations in the consumer goods industry? Do you want to play a pivotal role in creating the future of Mars Snacking and driving the Growth Transformation agenda as we build a Human-Led and Digitally Powered enterprise? As the Regional Engagement, Product Success & Deployment Planning Lead, you will play a central role within the Mars Snacking Digital Technologies Global Demand Analytics, Digital & Data organization with a focus on shaping and supporting multiple pillars as we partner with the Integration Management Office (IMO) and orchestrate the multi-year technology integration between Mars and Kellanova across global regions and divisions.
In this highly visible individual contributor role based at our Global Innovation Center (GIC), you will serve as a critical bridge between global product teams, regional stakeholders, and transformation leaders, ensuring successful deployment and adoption of digital capabilities across the business. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, DT Program & Portfolio Lead - Demand & TLT, you will help shape how new ways of working are introduced to markets, drive alignment across complex stakeholder groups, and play a key role in enabling one of the organization's most significant business transformation initiatives. Acting as a central connector across global and regional teams, you will lead through influence, helping to accelerate deployment success while ensuring business continuity and delivering a consistent, high-quality employee experience.
What Will Be Your Key Responsibilities?
Lead Regional Deployment Planning & Execution
Develop and manage deployment roadmaps that align with overall transformation and integration priorities.
Drive market readiness planning, milestone execution, and implementation success across regions.
Monitor progress against key deliverables and proactively address risks and roadblocks to maintain momentum.
Drive Cross-Functional Alignment
Partner with regional stakeholders, product teams, PMOs, and transformation leaders to ensure alignment on priorities, dependencies, and timelines.
Facilitate governance discussions, decision-making, and issue resolution across complex stakeholder groups.
Build strong relationships across teams to enable effective collaboration and execution.
Manage Program Risks & Integration Activities
Oversee risk, issue, dependency, and action management across Demand DT integration initiatives.
Identify cross-functional impacts and coordinate mitigation plans to support successful delivery.
Provide clear reporting and insights to support informed decision-making by leadership.
Champion Change Management & Adoption
Lead business readiness, stakeholder engagement, and adoption activities that support successful deployment of new capabilities.
Partner with change and communications teams to prepare markets and teams for transformation.
Monitor adoption and stakeholder feedback, identifying opportunities to improve user experience and business outcomes.
Enable Product Success & Continuous Improvement
Partner with product and business teams to implement scalable practices that support product adoption, governance, and operational excellence.
Support the development of standardized processes, playbooks, and tools that improve deployment consistency and effectiveness.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes and enhance value delivery.
What Are We Looking For?
Bachelor's degree in…